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    Painting with all its technicalities, difficulties, and peculiar
    ends, is nothing but a noble and expressive language, invaluable
    as the vehicle of thought, but by itself nothing.

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The picture that approaches sculpture nearest
Is the best picture.

The picture that approaches sculpture nearest
Is the best picture.

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Hard features every bungler can command:
To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.

Hard features every bungler can command:
To draw true beauty shows a master's hand.

by John Dryden Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

Painting is an infinitely minute part of my personality.

by Salvador Dali Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Well, something must be done for May,
The time is drawing nigh--
To figure in the Catalogue,
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Well, something must be done for May,
The time is drawing nigh--
To figure in the Catalogue,
And woo the public eye.
Something I must invent and paint;
But oh my wit is not
Like one of those kind substantives
That answer Who and What?

by Thomas Hood Found in: Painting Quotes,
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A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they read more

A flattering painter, who made it his care
To draw men as they ought to be, not as they are.

by Oliver Goldsmith Found in: Painting Quotes,
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"Paint me as I am," said Cromwell,
"Rough with age and gashed with wars;
Show my visage read more

"Paint me as I am," said Cromwell,
"Rough with age and gashed with wars;
Show my visage as you find it,
Less than truth my soul abhors."

by James Thomas Fields Found in: Painting Quotes,
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And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

And those who paint 'em truest praise 'em most.

by Joseph Addison Found in: Painting Quotes,
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Pictures must not be too picturesque.

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

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Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things

Only when he no longer knows what he is doing does the painter do good things

by Edgar Degas Found in: Painting Quotes,
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